Lewis Howell Risk Manager Expand Lewis joined The Tutor Trust in March 2014, having spent the previous two-and-a-half years working in South Africa’s Kalahari Desert. Lewis was the Field Project Manager at the Kalahari Meerkat Project for 18 months, a behavioural research project run by the University of Cambridge looking at the evolution of cooperative breeding in meerkats. He was responsible for managing both the day to day research of the project and the team of international volunteers who collected the data. Prior to this, Lewis was one of the research volunteers for 12 months. Lewis graduated from Nottingham Trent University in 2010, having studied Wildlife Conservation.
Deborah Reid Office Manager Expand Deborah joined the Tutor Trust team in January 2017. She has always lived and worked in Greater Manchester, knowing many of the schools we work with. Previously, she has worked in finance administration roles for over twenty years with her last position being Credit Premium Unit Manager in the Manchester branch of an insurance company for thirteen years. Her role involved dealing with and developing all aspects of their direct debit collections. Moving away from the corporate insurance field, Deborah still wanted a role which could utilise her expertise in financial administration and office management. She is very much enjoying assisting The Tutor Trust in its work with young people throughout Greater Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool.
Abbey Bowyer Administration Assistant Expand Abbey joined Tutor Trust in January 2022. After working as a Teaching Assistant, Abbey developed a passion for education and went on to teach English as a Second Language in Murcia, Spain and Shenzhen, China. Upon returning home, Abbey explored other career opportunities within the education sector, leading her to work in Education Recruitment and now for Tutor Trust, as she is eager to support the charity.